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SN 35.110

Things That Fuel Grasping

Upādāniyasutta

from: 11. Sanctuary from the Yoke

Things That Fuel Grasping

“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that fuel grasping, and the grasping. Listen …

What are the things that fuel grasping? And what is the grasping? The eye is something that fuels grasping. The desire and greed for it is the grasping.

The ear … nose … tongue … body … mind is something that fuels grasping. The desire and greed for it is the grasping. These are called the things that fuel grasping, and this is the grasping.”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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